Would America Be Better with Basic Income? – The Big Picture

In less than a week – citizens in Switzerland will vote on proposals to introduce a universal basic income. The electorate won’t actually choose whether to implement the proposal – they’ll instead decide whether or not to support the principle of the new measure in a non-binding referendum. The initiative’s founders have proposed that each adult should receive 2500 francs per month – and that every child should receive 625 francs each month until they turn 18. Dr. Jim Pugh, Universal Income Project joins Thom Hartmann to discuss this.

Thom is a four-time Project Censored-award-winning, New York Times best-selling author. His national daily progressive radio talk show is distributed to radio stations nationwide by Westwood One, Pacifica, and Free Speech TV. More people listen daily to the Thom Hartmann Program than any other progressive talk show in the nation.